One of the big problems with the IRA has always been that idiot Americans who have
absolutely no idea what's going on have blindly donated money to organisations like Noraid
which have helped to keep a futile conflict simmering over. Just to clarify some things for
those who weren't paying attention:

2. Northern Ireland is under British rule because it wants to be. If their was an open
referendum on the subject tomorrow, it would choose to remain under British rule. The
majority of the electorate consider themselves British. To ask them to be anything else
would be tyranny.

3. British troops are in Northern Ireland to keep the peace, not to enforce British rule. In
practice they side with the Loyalists, but officially their mandate is a peace-keeping one.
They entered the country when The Troubles began. They left when the Good Friday
agreement was signed (or at least attempted to fade into the background)

4. The Republic of Ireland doesn't want Northern Ireland back. In a referendum three years
ago, an overwhelming 96% voted to waive our constitutional claim to the North. Similarly,
Britain doesn't want the North either. Mainland bombings? Army officers dying? Billions of
pounds being spent on the infrastructure? Who the hell wants that? The North is the hottest
of potatoes.

5. The entire situation in the North is a harrowing mix of tragedy and farce. The people
there barely understand it. Please don't comment on it unless you've researched it properly